the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.
Gross Domestic Product GDP
A seasonal wind that blows steadily from same direction for several months at a time but changes directions at other times of the year.
Monsoon
How are Judaism, Christianity and Islam different?
The believe in different gods
Why did the islands in Southeast Asia become known as the Spice Islands?
Because these islands are home to some of the most useful and expensive spices in the world
Which country is super earthquake prone because of the four tectonic plates under it, leading it to having several major volcanoes and mountains?
Japan
Why do some countries in this area belong to OPEC?
order to secure fair and stable prices for petroleum producers; an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consuming nations; and a fair return on capital to those investing in the industry.
When a city grows larger and spreads into nearby areas.
Urbanization
the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
Colonization
What central beliefs do they have in common?
The all believe in Abraham as the prophet of god
What was the location in the United States that was attacked by Japan during World War II, causing the United States to enter the war?
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
How big was the Mongol Empire?
It once stretched all the way across Asia.
Which is NOT one way that North Korea is violating the human rights of its people?
People are allowed to own slaves
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
A military leader who ruled Japan in the early times.
Shogun
What are the parts of a map called
Legend
Scale
Title
Compass
Why is agriculture necessary before a place can fully develop into a civilization?
It allows people to work in different jobs besides hunting and gathering for food and water.
It allows people to settle in one place and stop chasing animals for food.
It allows for the creation of stable settlements
What two groups are currently fighting over rights and access to resources in the same country in Southwest Asia?
Israelis and Palestinians
Why is an oasis important in the desert?
It's one of the few places plants will grow and you can find water
A pattern of rise and falls of all the dynasties that ruled China.
Dynastic Cycle
the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.
Gross Domestic Product GDP
Why do you think situating cities near water is important?
Water is needed to sustain life and help with farming so there is food to eat.
Which economic system is used in the United States?
Mixed
Why should we look at more than one perspective of history?
To understand why people react the way they do to certian things.
Why should we look at more than one perspective of history?
To understand why people react the way they do to certian things.
This led to the exchange of goods, religion, language, and culture throughout the known world
Silk Road
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
Ethocentrism
What is part of the Code of Bushido?
Honesty, Loyalty, obedience
Which is true about communism?
The government decides on what jobs people do
When did a dynasty usually end in China?
When there were no more male heirs
When the leader was overthrown
What was the location in the United States that was attacked by Japan during World War II, causing the United States to enter the war?
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii